Feb 21, 2011

Two beautiful grandmothers of mine: Mary (May) Anne Adams (Butler) at 7 years old, and Elena (Lena) Halladay Ellsworth (Morris), at 21 years old in 1902. Who would have thought that in 41 years they would both be in-laws when my parents married in 1943?

The above photo is actually a crop of the photo below entitled "Central Sunday School, October 5, 1902." My grandmothers are on the first row, just left of center:

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If you want to zoom in on faces this photo, go to my other website Jirene's Genealogy Tips to see how I manipulated this photo using Zoom.it.

The amazing thing (really, a blessing) is that although this photo has been in my possession for several years, I now have the names of EVERYONE in the photo. How did I come across this information? Thanks again to one of my favorite aunts, Ruth Anna Butler King.

It was at Aunt Ruth's funeral service in Central, Arizona, where I saw this photo on the wall of the church. I recognized it immediately, and was so grateful to see that someone had taken the time to identify everyone in the photo. Here is the photo taken at the LDS Central Ward Building in Central, Arizona (with the names):

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Now we can identify many other ancestors and cousins of our ancestors. If you are wondering who everyone else is, here's the list:

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